problem manifests itself is the practice of racial profiling‚ which is “any arbitrary police-initiated action based on race‚ ethnicity‚ or natural origin rather than a person’s behavior.”1 In an attempt to fight the war on drugs‚ or‚ more recently‚ on terrorism‚ federal and local governments are searching for more effective policies‚ which can have unintended racial consequences. Racial profiling happens to be one of them. More specifically‚
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Racial Profiling in America: You Have the Right to Remain Silent “Racial profiling punishes innocent individuals for the past actions of those who look and sound like them.” This statement made by Benjamin Todd Jealous‚ previously the president and CEO of the NAACP‚ captures the ideology of those who oppose law enforcement tactics that are solely based on race. While Dan White argues that surveillance based upon crime rates is perfectly acceptable because certain ethnic groups are more likely to
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Racial Profiling: A Modern Day Epidemic Did you know that an appalling‚ unconstitutional and pernicious attack happens continuously in today’s society against innocent citizens and nobody does anything about it? This practice is called racial profiling. Mr. Bob Herbert‚ a journalist for the New York Times‚ discusses this in his article‚ “Hounding the Innocent”. This article is an insightful and informative. He informs his readers about many actual situations of innocent citizens becoming victims
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Police now a day are always trying to use more authority than they actually think they have because most people don’t know their rights. Cops will try to use what they can to arrest you for lying to them‚ and will threaten you. Being under arrest and being detained are two different things when being stopped. If you know your rights‚ just cooperate with the police officer‚ and if you’re not in any wrongdoing there should be no problems with you leaving the scene in no harm or handcuffs. At what
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The social phenomenon I am writing about is Racial Profiling because it’s a very popular and important phenomenon to talk about‚ especially all the things going on around the world now that’s causing racial profiling more dangerous. It’s really important to study since a lot of racial profiling goes on because people been racial profiling since a long time and still going on. Media has a lot of effect of racial profiling since everybody watches media and believes everything they say something bad
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Racial Profiling Racial Profiling‚ the act of targeting or suspecting a of a person based on stereotypes‚ although not seen as much‚ it is still a big issue. How I see Racial Profiling is that it is bad‚ due to the fact that many people cannot live freely‚ but with a constant fear. Other may argue that Racial Profiling is a good thing and see nothing wrong with it or how it affects others. Racial Profiling also comes as a complete violation of people’s rights. People of different races need to
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Racial profiling is a serious issue in America and is widely found in the nation’s police force. Imagine being accused of a crime that you knew nothing about‚ and that in defending yourself‚ you could end up being severely beaten or arrested with no proof of your involvement‚ with only a police officer’s view of you based the colour of your skin. This is the reality of racial profiling in America today. To actively use profiling to stop‚ search‚ strip people of their rights? Today you would think
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Racial profiling has always been a major topic and‚ still is today. Due to constant media attention‚ racial profiling remains the most talked about. It receives the most attention online and‚ remains the most debated about in our legal system. Racial profiling is one topic like so many others‚ that stands out in the U.S. Racial profiling was an act that was put in place by the government. This act was enabled to help law enforcement‚ keep the peace and‚ most importantly‚ prevent crime. Due to the
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Examination of the Ethical and Policy Considerations of Racial Profiling Abstract Racial profiling is a law enforcement practice that uses race as a tool or evidence for law enforcement practices. This paper shows that the ethics of racial profiling is highly dependent on the circumstances and situation. Through the examples of the War on Drugs and the War on Terror‚ an examination of evidence and important considerations show that racial profiling can have both detrimental and beneficial consequences
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Does Racial Profiling Still Exist in the U.S Today? Does the color of someone’s skin make them seem suspicious? Whether or not racial profiling still exists today is very controversial. By definition‚is racial profiling is the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense. Racial profiling was very prominent in the 1960’s-1980’s. Racial profiling is most of the time suspected by police officers and there have been many protests regarding this issue.
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